Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a cationically polymerizable first epoxide and a second epoxide. The first epoxide is a glycidyl epoxide and the second epoxide further comprises a glycidyl epoxide and/or a non-glycidyl epoxide. The disclosed composition further comprises an initiator and a filler, where the composition upon external stimulus undergoes an ionic polymerization reaction in a spatially propagating reaction front or in a global reaction that occurs throughout an entire composition.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a first low molecular weight molecule that is radically polymerizable; a second low molecular weight molecule that is ionically polymerizable; and an initiator package that comprises a free radical initiator, an ionic accelerator and an ionic initiator; where the first low molecular weight molecule undergoes a radical polymerization reaction when subjected to a first form of activation stimuli and where the second low molecular weight molecule undergoes an ionic polymerization reaction in a spatially propagating reaction front or in a global reaction that occurs throughout the entire composition; where the ionic polymerization is initiated by a second form of activation stimuli.